oriented

adjective

ori·​ent·​ed ˈȯr-ē-ˌen-təd 

: intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed

humanistically oriented scholars

market-oriented production

an ecologically oriented approach

is goal oriented

Examples of oriented in a Sentence

The audience was academically oriented.

Recent Examples on the Web

Overall spread is expected to remain oriented to the north and northeast. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Even what a new employee might feel on their very first day — welcomed, oriented, and inspired, or lost in a maze of unfamiliar faces and spaces. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025

Darnold will head an offense that will be much more run oriented and also lacking receiving weapons other than Jaxson Smith-Njigba. —Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

In line with these ideas, researchers published findings in 2023 that showed that meditation increased people’s concern for the suffering of others—and that, by comparison, people without this practice were more oriented to their own distress. —Mariah G. Schug, Scientific American, 27 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing oriented

• object-oriented
• object-oriented programming
• self-oriented

Rhymes for oriented

• battlemented
• circumvented
• complemented
• complimented
• discontented
• documented
• implemented
• instrumented
• ornamented
• regimented
• reinvented
• represented

Medical Definition

oriented

adjective

: having psychological orientation

the patient was alert and oriented